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32. Eupatorium cordifolium, or cord-leaved hemp- 
agrimony : leaves cordate, ferrate, tomentofe-hirfute un¬ 
derneath ; petioles very fhort ; corymbs fubfeffile ; ca¬ 
lyxes fquarrofe ; flem flirubby. 33. Eupatorium mon- 
tanum, or mountain hemp-agrimony : leaves cordate, 
acute, toothletted, petioled, rugged, hirfute underneath ; 
corymbs much fpreading ; (tern flirubby. Natives of 
Jamaica. 
34. Eupatorium canefcens, or hoary hemp-agrimony : 
hoary; leaves ovate, fublobed and entire, underneath 
very foft and three-nerved; corymbs ftmple. This is a 
branching flirub ; the branches having an afh-coloured 
bark : hranchlets oppolite, brachiate, fpreading, hoary 
and very foft, as are alfo the tops of the branches. Gb- 
ferved in the ifland of Santa Cruz by Pflug and Wed. 
35. Eupatorium fcabrum, or rough eupatorium : vil- 
lofe; leaves oppolite, petioled, ovate, mpdly entire, 
wrinkled, fcabrous on the upper furface. The dem 
feems to be underlhrubby ; it is upright, branched, 
roundifh, dreaked, villofe-fcabrous, leafy, many-flow¬ 
ered ; branchlets oppofite, angular, bearing flowers at 
the end. Gathered by Mutis in New Granada. 
IV. Calyxes with fifteen or more flolcules. 36. Eu¬ 
patorium perfoliatum, or perfoliate hemp-agrimony : 
leaves connate-perfoliate, tomentofe. Stems annual, from 
two to three feet high, hairy ; leaves at each joint rough, 
from three to four inches long, and about an inch broad 
at their bafe, gradually leflening to a very acute point, 
dark green, and covered with diort hairs ; the upper part 
of the flalk divides into many flender peduncles, each 
fudaining a clofe cinder of white flowers, coming out in 
July ; in warm feafons the feeds will fometimes ripen in 
England. Native of North America. 
37. Eupatorium coeledinum, or blue-flowered hemp- 
agrimony : -leaves cordate-ovate, obtufely ferrate, peti¬ 
oled ; calyxes many-flowered. This has a creeping root, 
which fpreads and multiplies very fad ; the dalles rife 
about two feet high ; the dowers are produced at the top 
of the-dalks in a fort of corymb, and are of a fine blue 
colour. Dr. Dale fent the feeds from Carolina to Mr. 
Miller ; and it wasalfo cultivated in 1732 in the Eltham 
garden. Petiverand Plukenet received it from Maryland. 
3S. Eupatorium aroinaticum, or aromatic hemp-agri¬ 
mony : leaves ovate, obtufely ferrate, petioled, three- 
nerved ; calyxes fijnple. Stem round, four feet high, 
drift, brachiate, having the appearance of Scutellaria ; 
leaves fomewhat wrinkled ; racemes terminating ; flowers 
twice the length of the calyx, fnovv-white, containing 
from eighteen to twenty-eight florets, the flyles fcarcely 
longer than the floret ; in this circumdanee it differs from 
the other fpecies, and in having the calyx not imbricate, 
but the leaflets almofl equal; thus it approaches to Age- 
ratum ; but it lias a true down to the feeds. Native of 
Virginia. 
39. Eupatorium macrophyllum, or large-leaved hemp- 
agrimony : leaves heart-fliaped, three-nerved, ferrate, 
underneath pubefeent ; dem alfo pubefeent. Stem the 
thicknefs of a lwan’s quill, ftriated, pubefeent. Native 
of the Caribbee iflands. 
40. Eupatorium ageratoides, or nettle-leaved hemp- 
agrimony : leaves ovate, ferrate, petioled ; dem (mooth. 
Stems annual, five or fix feet high, towards the top put¬ 
ting out fide branches; at the ends of the fiiootsthe flow¬ 
ers are produced in large tufts, and are of a pure white ; 
they appear in October. Native of North America. 
41. Eupatorium conyzoides, or flea-bane hemp-agri¬ 
mony : leaves ovate, attenuated, fliarply ferrate, three- 
nerved, fmooth above ; calyxes clofely imbricate. Sup- 
pofed to be a native of South America. 
42. Eupatorium odoratum, or fweet-feented -hemp- 
agrimony : leaves deltoid, toothed at bottom, tomentofe 
underneath ; calyxes many-flowered. Stem a fathom in 
height, flirubby, branched, even ; leaves oppolite, peti¬ 
oled, three-nerved, dotted ; flowers terminating, tubco- 
ry.mb.ed, white ; feeds linear, nightly comprefled, with a 
O R I u M. 
capillary egret. This weakly flirubby plant is generally 
obferved to grow among other bullies, where it frequently 
cads its long, deader, flexile, oppolite, branches to a 
moderate didance ; the flowers are fometimes impreg¬ 
nated with a fmell perfectly like that of the European 
meadow.fweet ; it is very frequent in the lower hills of 
Jamaica. Introduced in 1 7So,by William Wright, M. D. 
It flowers in Augufl and September. 
43. Eupatorium triplinerve, or three-nerved hemp-agri¬ 
mony: leaves lanceolate, triple-nerved, quite entire, 
fmooth. Stem round, frnooth, very finely ftreaked ; 
branches fpreading, flower-bearing. Sent from the ifland 
of Santa Cruz by Pflug. 
44. Eupatorium ivaefolium, or ivy-leaved hemp-agri¬ 
mony : leaves narrow-lanceolate, three-nerved, fubfer- 
rate; calyxes fquarrofe, many-flowered. Stem fubher- 
baceous, two feet high, erect ; flowers fmall, blue. 
Common in Jamaica. 
45. Eupatorium urticsefolium, or nettle-leaved hemp- 
agrimony : hifpid ; leaves petioled, cordate, gafh-ferrate ; 
panicle terminating ; calyxes many-flowered, awl-Aiaped, 
fomewhat pungent. 46. Eupatorium floechadifolium, or 
cotton-weed eupatorium : tomentofe; leaves petioled, li¬ 
near, crenate, hoary underneath ; panicle terminating. 
47. Eupatorium microphyllum, or fmall-leaved hemp- 
agrimony : leaves triangular-ovate, with nine notches, 
tomentofe and veined underneath ; panicle conglomerate, 
terminating, peduncle elongated. Thefe three fpecies 
were found in New Granada by Mutis. 
48. Eupatorium fquarrofum, or fquare hemp-agrimony: 
leaves fubcordate, ovate-acute, ferrate ; calyxes fquar- 
rofe. Stems a fathom in height, round, fubtomentofe, 
with oppofite branches. Native of Mexico. 
49. Eupatorium finuaturn, or finuate hemp f agrimony : 
leaves ovate, finuate, hairy, alternate ; calyxes eight- 
flowered, or thereabouts. Stem fuffruticofe, three feet 
high, eredt, hifpid ; leaves toothletted ; flowers pur- 
plifli, in terminating panicles. Native of the ifland of 
Mozambique on the coad of Africa. This belongs to 
the third fedtion with eight-flowered calyxes. 
Befides thefe, Miller has five forts, which were fent him 
from Vera Cruz by Dr. Houdoun : — 
1. Eupatoriumfruticofum, No. 6. with oblong-cord3te 
leaves ; flowers in panicles ; dem flirubby, climbing : it 
rifes to the height of ten or twelve feet ; the leaves are 
oppofite, about three inches long, and an inch and half 
broad, of a lucid green ; the panicles are long and branch¬ 
ing, and proceed from the fide of the dalks ; the flowers 
are white. 
2. Eupatorium betonicifolium, No. 9, with oblong 
blunt crenate fmooth leaves, and Ample calyxes : it rifes 
with an upright dem near two feet high, having towards 
the bottom leaves of a thick fubdance ; from the upper 
part, which is baked, the flowers come out in a thick 
panicle ; their colour is blue, and they come out late in 
autumn : the root is biennial. 
3. Eupatorium morifolium. No; 10. with heart-fliaped 
ferrate leaves, and an upright tree-like flem : this rifes 
twelve or fourteen feet high, fending out many channelled 
brandies, covered with a brown bark ; leaves as large as 
thofe of the mulberry-tree, of a light green colour, oppo¬ 
fite, on petioles near two inches long. 
4. Eupatorium pundfatum, No. 1 x. with ovate petioled 
entire leaves ; dem flirubby branching ; calyxes Ample ; 
flems near five feet high, dividing into many flender 
branches, the joints of which are three or four inches 
afunder ; at eacli of thefe is a pair of leaves, about three 
quarters of an inch long, and half an inch broad, having 
ieveral black (pots on their furface, and upon long (len¬ 
der foot-dalks ; the branches are horizontal, terminated 
by fmall bundles of white flowers. 
5. Eupatorium paniculatum, No. 15. with heart- 
fliaped wrinkled crenate leaves, and a panicled flem : 
this rifes with an upright branching flem three feet 
high, fending out two fide branches from every joint, al¬ 
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